The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-29

terrupted by Henry VIII, and we ask would
itnot DO most Salutary and the proposed end
| reac he'd, if these negotiations could be re
| sumed at the points of interruption by the
Lutheran and Protestant Episcopal churches
and the other bodies which have come out
! of the English church since that time"
| The committee recommended that the over
ture be spread at large upon the minutes of
| the synod and that a copy OF the report
upon it as the synoi's action, be transmitted
| according to the request of the Secretary of
the House of Bishops, and with it the as
surance from the synod that it will labor
and pray for the desired union.
OPPOSED TO A UNION.
The committee reported that it was with
unfeigned pleasure that the communication
was received. Rev. DIR. Fox, of Southwest
Virginia, was pronounced in his opposition
to entertaining the overture. and he OBJ
jected at once to indorsing the statement
that it was received with ''unfeigned' pleas
ure. He could not agree, either, to the
proposition that the Nicene creed IS sutfi-
cient statement of the Christian faith. He
wanted the word 'unfeignedn stricken out,
and the synod Endorsed his suggestion.
Rev Prof. Peschau suggested that if the
Episcopal Church wonld subscribe to the
Augsburg confession there might be ONE
hopes for a union
DIR. sCHMUCKER's PLAIN WORDS.
Rev. Dr. Schumacher, representative from
the General Council, considered the com
mlnication impairment The reading of it,
he said, aroused his indignation. Nine
tenths of Professionalism reject the claim Of
the Episcopate as essential to the church of
Christ. The House of Bishops considers
the Nicene creed sufficient, and asks that
the reformation be ignored. A more i'm
pertinent communication DR.. Schumacher
did not believe could have been sent out.
Its very propositions, he said, shows that
the church from which it emanates is not
prepared for unity.
Rev. DIR. Horn, President of the Synod,
took the floor and spoke on the report. He
confessed that the communication did not
make upon him the same impression that it
did upon Dr. Schumacher As a matter of
fact he honored the feeling which prompted
the members of the House of Bishops in
setting forth, even If narrowly, a basis upon
which the Bishops would be willing to unite.
The Lutheran church, he said cannot give
up the results of the Reformation.
The committee referred to the Episcopal
church as more nearly allied than any other
to the Lutheran faith. A debate arose
upon this point and gradually drifted into
a general discussion of the similarity be-
tween the Episcopal and Lutheran doc
trines.
A COURTEOUS VIEW.
Maj Meetze. in discussing the report, ex-
pressed surprised at what he considered
an uncalled-for attack by DIR. Schumacher
upon the Episcopal church. He did not
consider that DR. Schmucker's statements
were founded on fact Although firm in
his belief in the doctrines ana practice of
Lutheranism, he saw no reason why the
overture should not be received with
courtesy.
DR.. Holland, of South Carolina; DR..
Brown, of the Holston Synod: Rev. Prof.
Konier, of Tennessee; DR.. Fox aid Rev. Mr.
Miller, of South West Virginia; Rev. Dr.
Dreher, Rev. A. L. Grouse and Rev. J. z.
Bushnell, of Virginia; Rev. S. T. Mailman,
of South Carolina; Rev Prof. Peschau, of
North Carolina; DIR. Henkel, of Tennessee,
and half dozen others took part in the
debate.
A part of the last item of the report, in
which the Committee recommended the
transmission to the House of Bishops of the
assurance that the synod viii labor and pray
for the desired union, was stricken out,
after lengthy debate, and various amend
ments had been proposed and rejected.
NOT DESTROYS OF A TREATY.
The disposition of the synod was to
treat the overture as a business PROPOSE
ton and to dispose of it in a manner that
will not in any way convey the impression
that it was anxious to enter into a treaty
with the House of Bishops, or any other
denomination upon any such basis as that
proposed in the Bishops declation. An
effort was made to exclude the overture
from the minutes of the synod, but this
failed, and the report of the committee was
ordered transmitted to the Secretary of the
convention from which the overture ema-
mated.
THE SEMINARY QUESTION.
IL L
Committee upon the Theological Seminary
occupied the rest of the day. with the ex-
ception of a short time which was devoted
to other matters.
The committee earnestly urged that the
synod should at its present session seriously
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing a
general theological seminary.
l. Because several of our district synods
in the exercise of the right of petition have
concurred in urging upon you such action.
2. because it is an abnormal condition
for a church in settled State to be depend
ent upon outside resources for means of
education.
3. Because seminary in our own midst
would develop greater interest in the mat
ter of supply of ministers from within the
congregations themselves.
f. Because our present arrangement I'M
der which some are educated at Philadelphia,
some at Gettysburg, some at Conoyer, and
some at Newbury, cannot result otherwise
than in a ministry constantly becoming
more unlike in certain things and impairing
practical unity, and besides such a seminary
would send out men more truly of one mind
and spirit, more surely in sympathy in the
common work before them and possessing
in a greater degree an important adaptation
for their field of labor"
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
Mr.. G. B. Cromer, of the South Carolina
synod, spoke at length and forcibly on the
report DR.. Brown, Mr.. Bushnell and Prof
Peschau and others also spoke on the report
DR.. Brown favored taking immediate steps
toward starting a seminary The prevailing
sentiment was thatwhile a theological semi
nary is needed it is not practicable just now
A resolution authorizing the appointment
of committee to report on the feasibility
of establishing theological seminary now
was adopted. The following were appointed
on the committee: j. d. Shirley, Rev. L.
| G. NJ. Miller, G. B. Cromer, Rev. V.R. Stick
ley, Rev j. K Hancher, Rev. j. l.. Derrick,
Rev. j. L. Elmore, Rev. Prof. j. S. Koiner
sYNoDICAL STATISTICS.
The report of the Committee on Minutes
of District Synods was read by DIR. Hol-
land of South Carolina. The report con-
tanned the following statistics:
North Carolina Synod, organized 1908, 81
churches, 80 ministers, ), 442 communicates /;
net gain during the year 27l.
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